WPER

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**WPER-FM, WJYJ-FM**

Broadcast area	Virginia and Washington, D.C. metro area
Slogan	"Positive Hits: 89.9 and the NEW 90.5 PER"
First air date	1999 for WPER, combined since 2006
Frequency	WPER: 89.9 (MHz) WJYJ: 90.5 (MHz) (see left for list of translators)
Format	Christian radio
ERP	WPER: 41 kW Horiz. and Vert. WJYJ: 21 kW Horiz., 38 kW Vert.
Class	WPER: Class B Non-Commercial WJYJ: Class B Non-Commercial
Callsign meaning	W Positive Encouraging Radio
Owner	Positive Alternative Radio
Website	www.positivehits.org

WPER is a contemporary Christian radio station broadcasting on 89.9 MHz in the FM band from Warrenton, Virginia (though its license is listed as in Culpeper). It covers the northern and Piedmont regions of Virginia, and Washington, D.C. metro area. Specifically, WPER's range reaches to Winchester in the west, Silver Spring, Maryland to the north, Fredericksburg to the east, and Charlottesville in the south. It is owned by Positive Alternative Radio, which is based out of Blacksburg, Virginia. WPER also simulcasts on WJYJ, 90.5 FM, which began in January 2006 (see below).

The station ran approximately 50 kW from its opening in 1999 through 2005, when the station purchases a taller antenna; despite its now lower wattage of 41 kW (per FCC regulations), its range is further extended several miles than previously.

In January 2006, Positive Alternative Radio bought the old CSN-Virginia, a network of four full-power stations and almost two dozen translators, formerly broadcasting programming from local Calvary Chapel churches alongside KAWZ's Calvary Satellite Network. In the buyout, these stations were split between WPER and WRXT in Lynchburg. WPER obtained WJYJ, based out of Fredericksburg, and seven of the translators, increasing its range of its new network all the way down to Richmond, Williamsburg, and even Buckingham County. Accordingly, WPER changed all promotional materials from "Positive Hits 89.9 WPER" to "Positive Hits 89.9 and the NEW 90.5."